Best way to get rid of virus?

[BUGGER]

Well I got one of those non deletable ones and now I really would like to delete it because aol is too pussy to do it. Its spyware I know and McAfee is deleting all the minor ones but the big one can only sit and play and it only pops up usually when i enter internet explorer because it locked its own site as the homepage and cannot be changed. I dont want to loose stuff already considering i just had a computer crash and lost everything again last month.

I dont have much on but when my mom finishes with her school and perhaps me too if the virus isn't gone I'll hit the stick one more time.


Now if you know what can help me, please help me. I didn't make this post to beefy so ask questions and assume plz.

And another problem relating two other things. when changing volume on the dial the volume meter wont show. And another thing I use AIM alot and now its not working when i open a window to IM someone. Virus related or separate?

Muchothx in advance.

[Baneblade]

Format, but depending on the virus that might not even work.

AOL is particularly nasty, as it infects computers of all types and disrupts network operations any chance it gets. It also likes to take Windows and rape the kernel.

So format, and if AOL is still there, consider firebombing your den.

[BUGGER]

Is there any place where i could locate it off the bat? Its not viewable in anyway unless you can spot it through IE.

[NeutralX2]

Alright if its spyware try this:

Spy Sweeper
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If you think it might be a virus:

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